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Old July 26th, 2009, 01:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
redoldsman
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I don't think lacquer and clear were ever used together. GM started using acrylic lacquer in the late 50's. It dried flat and had to be rubbed out with a buffer and rubbing compound. The old customs would sometimes have 20 or more coats which was hand rubbed after every few coats (or so they claimed). After a few years it would have cracks all over it. I think the single stage paint will be a lot closer to what the car looked like originally and not appear over restored like a lot of them are. We used single stage on my friends 54 convertible and it looks like it should.
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